None

Energy

Power distribution: Plan panel suggests PPP model

It aims zero power cuts, reduction in technical losses & easy distribution tariffs.

Publication Date: 
22/12/2011
Sanjay Jog
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Planning Commission, Bhiwandi, Delhi, Electricity, Power Industry, Maharashtra, Energy Policy, Power Transmission, Energy
Food Policy

Government hides more than it reveals in the Food Security Bill

In the second term of the United Progressive Alliance, the Food Ministry has been totally consumed with the drafting of the Bill which has been routed through the National Advisory Council, the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council and the Empowered Group of Ministers on Food.

Publication Date: 
22/12/2011
Gargi Parsai
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Legislation, Subsidies, Planning Commission, Poverty, Public Distribution System (PDS), Ministry Of Rural Development, Food Security, Floods, Drought, Cyclones, Earthquakes, Tamil Nadu, Food Policy, Ministry Of Food & Civil Supplies
Transport

Kochi Metro Rail most suited for city, HC told

KOCHI: The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) on Tuesday informed the Kerala High Court that the Kochi Metro Rail project would be placed before the Union Cabinet for final approval after a meeting of th

Publication Date: 
21/12/2011
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Kochi, Metro, Rail Transport, High Court, Planning Commission, Environment Act 1986, Land Acquisition, Public Transport, Transport
Mining

With Mining in the Pits, Growth to Take a Big Knock

Sector with 14% share of IIP will slow down growth & affect power sector investments.

Publication Date: 
21/12/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Minerals, India, Supreme Court, GDP, Karnataka, Tumkur (D), Planning Commission, Ecology, Coal, Energy
Food Policy

Tamil Nadu seeks exemption from Food Security Bill

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday expressed her “strong opposition” to the draft Food Security Bill, 2011 and urged the Centre to exempt Tamil Nadu from the purview of the Bill.

Publication Date: 
21/12/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Security, Public Distribution System (PDS), Population, Planning Commission, Subsidies, Rice, Wheat, Kerosene, Food Policy
Environment

Green clearances may be withdrawn for delayed projects: MoEF

New Delhi With India Inc and various government departments blaming the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for delaying clearances for developmental projects, the ministry has said that the

Publication Date: 
21/12/2011
Kirtika Suneja
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Industry, Planning Commission, CSE, Thermal Power Plants, Sunita Narain, Development, Environment
Economy

Centre’s bid to leave stamp on key plans

Wants To Stop States From Hijacking Credit

Publication Date: 
20/12/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Planning Commission, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Rural Roads, India, Development, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Budget
Food Policy

Naveen slams Food Bill-2011

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday reiterated his demand that the Centre should not put any cap on the number of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act.

Publication Date: 
20/12/2011
Pragtivadi (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Security, Subsidies, Poverty, Planning Commission
Forests

1,800 projects await forest clearance, MoEF blames states

New Delhi With more than 1,800 projects awaiting forest clearance in the country, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has cited non-submission of essential information and documents by t

Publication Date: 
20/12/2011
Kirtika Suneja
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Punjab, Haryana, Power Transmission, Hydroelectricity, Forest Rules 2003, Parliament, Planning Commission, Forests, Land, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Forest Products, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh
Forests

Livelihood from non-wood forest produce

Bhopal : Small forest produce should be given facilities on par with agriculture in the country. This was said by former member of Planning Commission Dr. D.N.

Publication Date: 
19/12/2011
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Sustainable Development, Forest Products, Planning Commission

Pages